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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2024, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (7): 853-858.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2024.07.013

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Safety evaluation progress of three kinds of arbutin and its current status in cosmetics regulations

Jiaojiao Wu1,Wei Zhang1,Yanchao Wang1,Xinrong Pei2,*()   

  1. 1. Hunan Institute for Drug Control, Changsha, Hunan 410001, China
    2. National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 100050, China
  • Received:2023-07-21 Revised:2024-06-28 Online:2024-07-22 Published:2024-07-26
  • Contact: *E-mail: peixinrong@nifdc.org.cn.

Abstract:

α-arbutin, β-arbutin and deoxyarbutin have good whitening effect, but they are easy to produce hydroquinone under certain conditions, which has the risk of exogenous ochronosis, achromodermia, sensitization, and carcinogenesis. So their safety has attracted much attention at home and abroad. The author summarizes the safety evaluation reports of α-arbutin, β-arbutin and deoxyarbutin by the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) of the European Union in recent years, as well as the supervision situation of cosmetics regulations in different countries and regions, in order to understand the safety evaluation status of arbutin and provide references for the use and supervision of arbutin in cosmetics in China.

Key words: arbutin, safety evaluation, skin whitening, cosmetics regulations

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658